Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 14, 2006

Last week when I blogged that won the Creative Commons flickr photo contest, the prize I got was Lessig's on my answering machine. In today's email, J Wynia, shared with me a tool he created with the Flickr API that lets me search for interesting photos that I can remix or use and automatically generates the attribution.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

What was the LOLseals Photo Caption Contest ? It was a photo caption contest based on the popular LOLcats site where users share photos of Cute Cats with funny captions. We learned from a previous photo contest that flopped that if you make it hard for people to figure out how to participate and time consuming, they won't.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2007

My 50th birthday is this month and I'm celebrating it with a Flickr Photo Birthday Card Remix Contest. I'm also using this as an action research project to figure out a few things about flickr contests and user-generated content which I'll report back later IF ENOUGH people participate. Need some inspiration?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 7, 2007

There was also a flickr component that I learned about this from the wonderful Heather Gardner-Madras , who like me, is a flickr fan. She posted a pointer on the NTEN Nonprofit Flickr Affinity Group list today. great example of the innovative new things we can do with Flickr in terms of.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 31, 2008

Knock Out Animal Fighting YouTube Contest??? youtube video views Get original contest ??? High engagement contest ??? We learned - were running a flickr contest right now that takes lessons learned from wendys and has been successful. Also helps for communicating with UGC contestants and winners.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 5, 2009

Since I'm a visual person, I also use flickr as a documentation tool - I do a lot of screen shots with snagit and annotate. Yesterday, I interviewed Jake Brewer who is the Internet Manager at the Energy Action Coalition about how they use metrics to generate insights about their YouTube Channel. “We

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AUGUST 21, 2008

Some authors are also creating video trailers to generate excitement around their book launch. Have a Contest Everybody loves to win, and contests move quickly over the web. Here are a few ideas: • A video book trailer, or video book review contest. Flickr photo contest. and the BookVideos.tv

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NOVEMBER 3, 2008

The Rapleaf Business blog also has some great advice on incorporating user generated content instead of working from scratch. Flickr makes it easy to get started! What's that you say? Balderdash! Balderdash! Take a look at what the Learning Community is doing. Or the Women's Museum. ways to tell a story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 12, 2015

Image courtesy Tsahi Levent-Levi via Flickr. Kickstarter is the ship that will ensure that future generations remember his historic flight. Disruptive Model: Contest Crowdfunding. Joe, what you are missing are the contest platforms,” said Michael. Note from Beth: I hope you are enjoying summer break as much as I am!

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Flickr photo from jhritz NpDigg: The Insect Antennae? And, if you want to see some excellent nonprofit examples of video, be sure to check out the entries in the NTC Video Contest. Generation. A Blast from the Past Gavin has posted some really early photos of the founding meetings for Aspiration, NTEN, and the NSNT on flickr.

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OCTOBER 30, 2008

But you can also join galleries (like Flickr pools) for specific affinities. The ScratchR team intentionally wanted to avoid a massive popularity contest, so they promote activity on the site, not aggregate growth of views, loves, or downloads. On most user-generated content sites, the vast majority of content is barely viewed.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 28, 2008

For my 50th birthday, I held a 50th Birthday Card Photo Remix Contest on flickr and donated $50 the winner's favorite charity. You don't need to open your wallet because each install generates a small amount of revenue to Save the Rain Forest. If you're a blogger, you can run a comment for a donation contest.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

Extension programs use wikis, flickr, blogs, tagging, and other tools to share information and content. A blog with the comments feature enabled allows or sharing photos in flickrs allows Extension program participants to discuss plans and programs. From Flickr User EJK. Flickr Farm. That's what I use and why I use it).

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Flickr photo from handsome monkey. Time to Nominate Projects, Vote for Videos, and Charity Badge Contest! Check out the top ten charity badges over at the Six Degrees -- the contest is in the home stretch. Perfect Password generator. Engagement Strategie s. A Few NpTech Conversations. Social Network Fragmentation.

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Forum One

MARCH 4, 2008

In this case. Read More » Entrepreneurship and Internet Diplomacy in the Muslim and Arab World Sarah Hassaine in Influence 17 May 2010 When President Obama took the stage in Cairo, Egypt last year, millions tuned in to hear his approach for improved U.S.

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AUGUST 20, 2007

In this case. Read More » Entrepreneurship and Internet Diplomacy in the Muslim and Arab World Sarah Hassaine in Influence 17 May 2010 When President Obama took the stage in Cairo, Egypt last year, millions tuned in to hear his approach for improved U.S.

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Forum One

OCTOBER 24, 2007

In this case. Read More » Entrepreneurship and Internet Diplomacy in the Muslim and Arab World Sarah Hassaine in Influence 17 May 2010 When President Obama took the stage in Cairo, Egypt last year, millions tuned in to hear his approach for improved U.S.

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APRIL 10, 2008

Look for photos of you on Flickr and videos about you on Youtube. post images from museum events on Flickr, upload videos from events on YouTube. In these examples, staff are continually producing new content and interacting with the community via comment boards and other uploaded user-generated content.

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Forum One

JULY 5, 2007

In this case. Read More » Entrepreneurship and Internet Diplomacy in the Muslim and Arab World Sarah Hassaine in Influence 17 May 2010 When President Obama took the stage in Cairo, Egypt last year, millions tuned in to hear his approach for improved U.S.

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APRIL 16, 2008

60) Search « Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmarks Released | Main | LOLseals: Flickr API Contest Gets HSUS Over 3,000 Entries » Tuesday Mar 25 2008 Whats an Email Address Worth? This takes into account all revenue generated by an activity into the future, discounted for inflation.

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MARCH 25, 2008

60) Search « Convio Online Marketing Nonprofit Benchmarks Released | Main | LOLseals: Flickr API Contest Gets HSUS Over 3,000 Entries » Tuesday Mar 25 2008 Whats an Email Address Worth? This takes into account all revenue generated by an activity into the future, discounted for inflation.

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Forum One

JULY 5, 2006

In this case. Read More » Entrepreneurship and Internet Diplomacy in the Muslim and Arab World Sarah Hassaine in Influence 17 May 2010 When President Obama took the stage in Cairo, Egypt last year, millions tuned in to hear his approach for improved U.S.

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Forum One

JULY 5, 2006

In this case. Read More » Entrepreneurship and Internet Diplomacy in the Muslim and Arab World Sarah Hassaine in Influence 17 May 2010 When President Obama took the stage in Cairo, Egypt last year, millions tuned in to hear his approach for improved U.S.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 6, 2008

I think the reason we hold onto the idea generation part is because it's fun, not because it's the activity in which we have the most specialized expertise. Contests are good for raising awareness and focusing behavior, but not good for building sustainable communities or work in a flexible environment. It also focused the experience.

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MARCH 18, 2008

60) Search « Whats an Email Address Worth? | Main | The Frogloop Interview: Sheeraz Haji » Tuesday Mar 18 2008 LOLseals: Flickr API Contest Gets HSUS Over 3,000 Entries Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at 03:23PM | by James OMalley Carie Lewis from HSUS tipped us to another clever Web 2.0 We made the cute little guy in this post.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 7, 2010

User-Generated Flickr Birthday Card Contest: For my 50th birthday, held a contest where friends got to remix embarrassing photos of me into a 50th Birthday Card on Flickr. The session will begin with a brief presentation that describes my past three social media infused birthday celebrations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 14, 2009

Spay Day Photo Contest Page LOL Seals 4. general disaster-interested public. . general disaster-interested public. . Flickr bc have established presence there and can cross post for bigger influence. Analyzed which types of content generated most activity. Flickr helps us to show the story. set audience.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 12, 2012

(Note: you can view these photos of the exhibition on Flickr here.) As it turns out, the wall is fairly manageable and generates fabulous stories. This is the smash hit of the room and the most risky thing in the whole exhibition. What kind of crazy museum gives people sharpies and lets them write on a wall?

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Care2

APRIL 16, 2008

The emergence of social networking sites like Facebook and user-generated content sites like MapBuzz represents a major change that has yet to play itself out. Seven years ago, it was hard to convince nonprofits to hire web professionals, and today every nonprofit seems to be searching for online talent.

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Care2

MARCH 4, 2008

The emergence of social networking sites like Facebook and user-generated content sites like MapBuzz represents a major change that has yet to play itself out. Seven years ago, it was hard to convince nonprofits to hire web professionals, and today every nonprofit seems to be searching for online talent.

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Forum One

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

In the online context, it also helps leverage the wisdom of crowds to generate original ideas. In this case, a site is running a contest to caption this poster opposing Obama's plan. Competition is always a strong motivator. The technology can be simple too. Photo Pools. What interesting tactics have you seen?

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